Mauritius
- Captured
from
France in 1810,
independent within the Commonwealth (as a republic since 1992), was in
1847 the first British colony and the fifth country in the world to
issue
postage stamps.
- Mauritius
was
also the first
colony to order stamps via the Crown Agents (1848), the world's first
surcharges
were prepared in 1854, though not issued until 1858.
- The
definitive
issues from
1860 onwards, notably the Queen's head and Arms types, are full of
interest
for the philatelist and postal historian alike.
- Also
of great
interest is
the pre-adhesive postal history, of both French (before 1810) and
British
(after 1810) periods.
PHILATELIC
SOCIETIES for Colectors of Mauritius Stamps and Postal History
Indian
Ocean Study Circle (UK)
NEW
ISSUES - Mauritius Stamps
Mauritius
Philatelic
Bureau
General
Post Office
Quay
Street, Port
Louis, Mauritius
Tel
(+230) 208 2851 Fax
(+230) 212 9640
Selected
Links - Mauritius Stamps and Mauritius Postal History
Classic
Stamps of Mauritius
by Peter
M.C. Werner
Stamps
of Mauritius
MAURITIUS
LOCAL & RURAL POSTS 1840-1890
by
Dave Tarry
First
Stamps of Mauritius
BOOKS on Mauritius Stamps and Mauritius Postal History
POST
OFFICE MAURITIUS
- 1847 The Tale of Two Stamps
by Michael
Harrison, 1947,
52 pages
This little
publication
which was printed on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the famous
"Blue
and Red MAURITIUS" and tells the story of the few surviving stamps of
this
issue known. It contains a little sheet with two reprints of the famous
stamps.
Accountancy
& To Pay
Marks 1860-1876
by J. W. B.
Ruffle, 1985,
38pp, Indian Ocean Study Circle
Maritime
Mails 1815-1868
by J. W. B.
Ruffle, 1987-1988,
100 pages
Picture
Postcards 1901-1955
by A. de
Kervern, Indian
Ocean Study Circle 1991, 72pp
Mauritius
Postal History
and Stamps
by Peter
Ibbottson, published
by Indian Ocean Study Circle, 1995
ISBN
0952640708
The
Provisional Stamp
Issues
by Baker
The Coat
of Arms Issues
by Baker
The
B53 Obliterators
of Mauritius
by Baker
PHILATELIC
MUSEUMS
Mauritius
Postal Museum
Place Du Quai
Port Louis
Blue
Penny Museum
Caudan
Waterfront
Port
Louis
